I have two #iMacs running #debian. Today, I decided to look at that #dmesg that flashes by as I boot. I do not feel any great problem, but, well, curiosity has got the better of me.

Here is the message (reformatted to hopefully suit mastodon's boxes):
[ 0.205100] apple-properties: device path parse error -19 at 0x14:
00000000: 52 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a R............A..
00000010: 00 00 00 00 01 01 06 00 00 02 7f ff 04 00 2c 00 ..............,.
00000020: 00 00 41 00 41 00 50 00 4c 00 2c 00 69 00 67 00 ..A.A.P.L.,.i.g.
00000030: 2d 00 70 00 6c 00 61 00 74 00 66 00 6f 00 72 00 -.p.l.a.t.f.o.r.
00000040: 6d 00 2d 00 69 00 64 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 04 00 m.-.i.d.........
00000050: 12 04 ..

"-19" is -ENODEV (no device). The efi table at offset 0x14 reads 01 01 06 00 00 02 ... I have no idea what the parser is expecting, or why these bytes cause it to plerk.

I have never ever looked at the EFI code before, nor really at EFI at all. It has always JustWorked for me. But ... well, now I am curious.

It is the remotest of chances, but, does anyone out there have a clue or *clue for me?

#linux #UnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface

Questioning myself; Do I need 7 outdated iMacs ?

#Apple #IMacs

I bought a cheapo used SFF ThinkCentre a few months ago, but I just saw the prices for used (amd64) Retina iMacs... DANG. A cheap computer with decent discrete GPU and a great monitor for ~$300? ZOW.

Tempted.

Anyone had any experience getting the late intel #iMacs running Linux or #FreeBSD?

With new #M3 #iMacs rumored for the 'Scary fast' event on Monday — the one thing I hope for is a wired keyboard/mouse option for the education market. Forced Bluetooth is ridiculous for labs — at this point I’d even take a BTO option to leave them out of the box.

But, I'd much rather have an #Apple wired solution.

#MacAdmins

So some Apple updates:

YES, There WILL be Apple event this month, POTENTIALLY, if there wasn’t any last minute setbacks on M3 chips.

The focus will be on M3, and iMacs.

Base model iPads could get update to faster A series chip but that’s about it.

No iPad Pro or iPad Air or iPad Mini update till next year.

Date announcement likely today if they are to hold event. Also may be press release only, but doubt it if includes major chip release.
#AppleRumors #AppleEvent #M3 #iMacs

#MacAdmin setup of a new lab of #iMacs today consisted of fighting with wired 802.1x built around #ActiveDirectory security groups throwing #macOS off the network — because — I think — a race condition with domain sync and the domain controller that the radius server is communicating with coupled with macOS giving up on authentication after sometime.

While I envision a possible Rube Goldberg machine to deal with this going forward — today’s fix was to exclude the 802.1x configuration profile.